Description: Handmade violin bow by Steven Beckley bow maker. Fine bows for musical instruments. Violin, viola, and cello bows - bowmaker11/1
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Steven Beckley is a maker of violin bows and bows for stringed instruments. He has been a bow maker since 1981 and has been a member of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers since 1989. His bows are being used by musicians around the world.
Steven Beckley has chosen the French bows from the first half of the 1800's for his inspiration. Makers such as Tourte, Peccette, and Pajoet being among the names that he has studied and been greatly inspired by. Along with the profile of the head and the sculpting of the frog, it is also the sound that these bows bring out of an instrument, that calls him. Through the careful selection of wood, to the detailed attention to graduations and cambering, he gives the bow a sensitivity on the strings that allows
Silver and ebony mounted pernambuco violin bows begin at $5200.00. Silver and ebony mounted pernambuco cello bows begin at $5600.00. Gold mounted bows start at $6500.00.